Something Fishy

This year I was really hurting for April Fools Day. I dont have good enough friends here to practical joke, and doing one at work would be pretty unprofessional. Not that it matters I guess. So instead I invested all of my time into getting my sister and her family (her husband and 2 little girls).

I called her best friend who takes her hiking a lot, and asked her to PLEASE take her hiking. Unfortunately, all the kids were on spring break, and they don't take their kids hiking since they whine a lot. Annoying kids. ugh. Anyway, she helps me figure out Robin's schedule, and I know Robin will be at the gym in the morning.

The night before, I went to walmart and bought 30 live goldfish. I put them in a vase thing in my house. When I woke up, like half of them were dead. I think they were too crowded or something. So I scrambled to get ready in the morning and went to walmart again and bought another 20 fish.

I have a key to her house, so I broke in, let her dog out, and got to work. I filled up all the cups (wine glasses, coffee mugs, water glasses, beer mugs) in her cabinets with water and placed a fish in each. I also put one in an empty wine bottle, some in the sink with the dirty dishes, in the tupperware, and in some baking dishes. I put fish in glasses that were laying around the house that hadn't been cleaned up yet. And, finally, I put a fish in the toilet. (I considered filling her ice tray with the dead ones, but decided that might be overkill (overkill, get it? haha).)

I also bought a fish bowl and left it on the counter near some other things, so that it wouldnt be obvious at first but you'd eventually see it.

I let the dog back in, left, and went to work.

My sister told me this is what happened when she got home:

Robin and her girls came home with 2 of their friends. Robin immediately went to use the bathroom. While she was peeing, the little girls went to get a glass for water and all started screaming. She rushed to finish, and as she flushed she did a double-take as she noticed a goldfish swirling down, thought "what that...", but didn't have time to process it since she had 4 little girls screaming in the kitchen.

She saw the fish and started screaming too. She initially thought her husband had done this before he went to work and she just hadn't noticed, and called him. He had no idea what she was talking about and thought she was crazy. Then she knew it was me.

Later on she texted me and said "20 fish. Have I found them all" and I responded, "nope".

10 minutes later.. "Okay 35 fish is that all"

"actually sorry i didnt count"

The last of the fish died last week. This also inspired them to go get a big fish tank.

My niece Sadie retaliated by writing "To Meghan ODonhue from Qwest" in crayon and the word "Bills" on it and put it with my mail. When I opened it up, much to my surprise it was not a bill from Qwest, but a letter that said "Haha got you April Fools". Boy she got me good.

My dad emailed me and told me I've already broken the veterinarian's oath by using animals needlessly for a practical joke. Luckily I haven't taken the official oath yet, so i have a couple more months of goldfish jokes I guess. My mom wanted my sister to mail me all the dead fish to get me back, but luckily she decided not to.